WUN Contemporary China Center

a worldwide universities network initiative

2009- 10 Academic Year Series

This year's virtual seminar series programme is being organized by:

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The seminars will be held at the following times:

October 2009: UK+EU+China+Australia
UK: 9am | Europe:10am | China: 4pm | Perth 4pm | Sydney 7pm*
*Exception: 29 October 2009 UK: 9am | Europe:10am | China: 5pm | Perth 5pm | Sydney 8pm

November 2009, February and March 2010: North America+UK+Europe

Seattle: 9am | Alberta: 10am | Madison: 11am | UK: 5pm | Europe: 6pm*
*Exception: 18 March 2010 Seattle: 9am | Alberta: 10am | Madison: 11am | UK: 4pm | Europe: 5pm

March 2010: China+North America+Australia
China: 9am| Perth: 9am | Sydney Noon | Seattle: 5pm | Alberta: 6pm | Madison: 7pm

April 2010 UK+Europe+China+Australia

UK: 9am | Europe:10am | China: 4pm | Perth 4pm | Sydney 6pm

Seminar webpages are password protected. If you would like to access the current series or the archived material please send an email requesting access.

Date

Title

Participants

8 October 2009

Internet Forum and Fandom in Contemporary China

Dr Wang Yi, UWA

UK+Europe+China+Australia

15 October 2009

Accumulation for Industrialisation in China: Planned Economy (1953-1983), the ‘Market Mechanism’ (1983-2003) and Beyond

Prof. Flemming Christiansen, Leeds

UK+Europe+China+Australia
22 October 2009

Living on the Edge: Precarious Livelihoods in Pre-war Beijing

Dr Marjorie Dryburgh, Sheffield

UK+Europe+China+Australia
29 October 2009

The Moral Order of a Middle Class Community in Beijing

Prof. Tai Lok Lui, HKU

UK+Europe+China+Australia
5 November 2009

Road Construction as an Agent of Change: The Case of Southwest China

Dr Yongming Zhou, Wisconsin

UK+EU+North America
12 November 2009

Securing Financial Means in an Adverse Environment: Institutional Solutions to Informal Finance in China's (Semi)-private Sector

Prof. Markus Taube, Duisburg-Essen

UK+EU+North America
19 November 2009

The Modernization of Daoism: Remaking Tradition in a World in Motion

Prof. Jean DeBernardi, Alberta

UK+EU+North America

18 February 2010
CANCELLED

The Fostering of Talent in Urban China

Lisa Hoffman, Washington

UK+EU+North America
4 March 2010

China’s Overseas Aid Program: Accommodation or Innovation?

Dr. James Reilly, Sydney

China+North America+Australia
11 March 2010

Untangling Religion and the State: Strands of Christianity in Contemporary China

Ryan Dunch, Alberta

China+North America+Australia

18 March 2010

Local Decision-making and Institutional Change: Who Decides in Chinese Villages

Anja Senz, D-Essen

UK+EU+N Am

22 April 2010

Personal wealth and traditional roles: women entrepreneurs in China

Dr Minglu Chen, Sydney

UK+EU+China+Australia

29 April 2010

Global Justice and Climate Change: Implications for China

Prof. Paul Harris, The Hong Kong Institute of Education

UK+EU+China+Australia

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